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Cryogenic treatment of an LP?

Is this even possible? I am just thinking outloud here and wondering of the benefits and welcome your comments. I'm unsure if an lp could even survive the process normally targeted at metal components. (Warp factor 10 captain). Ultra freezing and then slowly re-heating a chunk of plastic. Still, one wonders exactly what impact molecular alignment would have (if any).

Through the employment of ultra-low temperatures, 300 Below, Inc. cryogenic processing helps improve all kinds of products by realigning the molecular structure of an object, optimally resulting in items which last significantly longer and perform far better than they were previously designed.
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theaudiotweak
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So cryo'd bed springs would be more reactive and be stronger than their untreated counterparts? Especially under audio components. Of course for the best sound they would have to be made of metals of music such as brass or bronze certainly not steel. Unless of course they are overheated and reach their annealing temperature then they again would have to be treated. Didn't Frank Zappa play electric bed springs on Waki Jawaki? Frank was ahead of his time and certainly out there so he probably had his treated {circa 1972} by NASA as part of their pre conditioned temper process of materials heading into outer space. ...Frank was a brass man..Tom
theaudiotweak
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People mistakenly reduce vibration in many if not most audio components. There is a method some use in the collection and transfer of this reactance in the reduction of perceived excess energy. Vibration can be given direction. My preference is to use it and not lose it. Tom
theaudiotweak
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When a device is cryo'd its molecules are relaxed into their natural atomic state. This new and original state is permanent unless the device's structure is reprocessed again by annealing.

If a trumpet player says his recently cryo'd instrument is much easier to play meaning with less air required and less muscle then this would suggest that the molecular alignment is less random and more focused. It would also suggest there would be more acoustic output and greater vibrational transfer.

If a LP were cryo'd then its molecular structure would be relaxed into its natural alignment providing less inherent friction and greater dynamic range. Tom
theaudiotweak
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If you can reduce the material and surface hysteresis such as
the example of the cryo'd LP the stylus should have greater resolution capability. In this way vibration will be given greater and more defined direction...there will be less false directions to wade thru and more of the intended mechanical structure of the cut. VTA and azimuth would also direct mechanical vibration..Tom
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